PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Geronimo Malkind (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harrison King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Malkind's entrance music is Extreme Ways. A fine choice. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Malkind
vs
King

172 cm
24
154 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

168 cm
22
150 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Geronimo Malkind!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Harrison King!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Hugh Johnson and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King misses with a series of wild punches.
Malkind ducks under a wild hook from King.
Malkind tries to land a leg kick but King saw it coming and moves away.

Malkind drops King with a left and a right! Oh, King is hurt - Malkind dives into side control looking to finish!

It looks like Harrison King has been cut.

Malkind is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, King has escaped the position, nice work there.
Malkind misses with the ground and pound.
King is trying to buck Malkind off.
Malkind tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
King avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Malkind.
Malkind is trying to ground and pound but King uses the momentary lack of control by Malkind to regain half guard.
King pushes Malkind off looking to stand but Malkind dives back in and keeps control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Malkind ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
King throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
King will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Malkind connects with a jab.
Malkind throws out a loose jab but King uses good head movement to avoid it.
A telegraphed right hand from Malkind misses the target.
Malkind uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from King.
King scores with a nice head shot.
Malkind pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Malkind shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in King's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malkind trying to control but King is working from the bottom.
Malkind has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Malkind throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Malkind wants to control from the top but King keeps moving.
King wants to stand but Malkind is controlling the position.
Malkind throws and elbow that misses. King uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Malkind's guard. Nice move by King!
King pushes down on Malkind's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Malkind moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Malkind looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
King throws a strike but Malkind rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
King working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Malkind.

King pushes Malkind off and gets back to his feet.
King misses with a low kick.
King connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
King slips a jab from Malkind.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Malkind jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A looping hook to the body misses from King. Malkind does a little dance to reset his feet.
Malkind lands a right hook to the body.
King throws an overhand right that lands on Malkind's shoulder, as Malkind tries to avoid the shot.
King just misses with a punch to the body.
King connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Malkind's hands.
The fighters circling - King throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nice sprawl there from King as Malkind shoots in.
Malkind throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and King counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Some wild striking there from King.

Malkind scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Geronimo Malkind dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Harrison King's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Malkind throws an uppercut from half a mile away. King sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Malkind fails with the takedown.
Malkind misses with a wild body shot.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Malkind checks a leg kick.
Malkind throws a big shot that misses.
Malkind rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but King moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Malkind gets cracked there but stands up to it.
King scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Malkind doesn't seem bothered though.
King scores with a body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
King looks to score with a jab to the body but Malkind is just out of range.
Left hook, right uppercut from Malkind.
Malkind takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King with a hook.
King ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Malkind moves away.
King misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Malkind misses with a shot to the body
and King counters with a right hand to the body.
Malkind slips under a jab.
King throws a looping overhand right but Malkind ducks down to avoid it.
King throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
King throws a right and a left that both miss.
King misses with a wild combination.
King throws a good cross that connects.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malkind doesn't succeed with the takedown
and King counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
King connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Malkind is rocked!
King looks to score with a jab to the body but Malkind is just out of range.
Oh Malkind is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
King wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Malkind seems to have got his legs back now.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
King throws a head kick but Malkind moves out of range.
King misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Malkind.
King misses with an uppercut. Malkind saw that one coming.
King throws a hook to the side of Malkind's head but Malkind sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Malkind is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
King scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
King throws a body punch but Malkind moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malkind swings for the body but King moves out of range.
King chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Malkind moves out of range as King strikes.
Malkind looks to throw the jab but King is out of range.
King looks to land a right hand but Malkind moved out of range.
Malkind takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

King cracks Malkind with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. King has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Malkind to stand back up!
King thows a left - swing and a miss!

King shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Malkind napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Check out the look on King's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
King landing strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
King cracks Malkind with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! King immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Malkind is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by King!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Harrison King!
Harrison King is the new featherweight champion!